Baling-press.



No. 773,510. PATENTED 001". 25, 1-904.

J. w. &-w; c. LINDSAY. I 1 'BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 2'1, 1902- no MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented October 25, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE. 1

JAMES \V. LINDSAY AND VVORLEY .C. LINDSAY, OF PARIS, TEXAS.

BALING-PRESSI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,510, dated October :25, 1904.

Application filed December 2'7, 1902. Serial No. 136,774. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat we, J AMES W. LINDSAY and VVoRLEY C. LINDSAY, citizens of the United States, residing at Paris, in the county of La mar and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baling- Presses; and we do declare the following tov be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. This invention relates to improvements in baling-presses, andparticularly to the class of windlasspresses.

The object is to provide apress of this character which will be capable of exerting a great amount of pressure from a small expenditure of-energy and with which hay and the like may be formed into tight compact bales.

A further object is to produce a press which will be simple in construction, strong, durable, and eflicientin use, inexpensive of production,

and well adapted to the use for which it is de signed.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and ar; rangement of the parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed,'reference Which I Figure 1 is a perspective view of the press. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the same. i

In the drawings, 1 denotes the frame, comprising the longitudinally-disposed parallel supporting-beams 2, which are formed in the shape of runners, upon which the press may be drawn and moved from place to place. These beams are suitably braced and spaced apart by cross-rods'2 and cross-bars 3. The rear portion of the beams 2 are floored over, as at4, and upon this floor is formed a balingchamber. 5,having a top 6 and sides 7 supported by uprights or standards 7 the lower ends of which are fixed to the beams 2. The 'baling-chamber is provided at its rear end with a hinged door 8, which is adapted to swing outwardly to allow the removal of-the finished bale. The door 8 is held normally closed by means of a vertically-disposed rod or bar 9, which is adapted to engage hooks or catches 10, projecting rearwardly from the top and bottom of the baling-chamber. The said rod or bar is engaged with or disengaged from the hook by a vertical sliding movement, as will be readily understood. It may be used as a thrust-rod or other tool when not employed as a fastening.

12 denotes a hopper arranged over the feedopening 13, formed in the forward end of the baling-chamber. 1 1 denotes a plunger consisting of a rectangularly-shaped block conforming to the sizeof the beams 2. To the upper end of the'lever 17 is connected one end of a cord or cable 18, the oppositeend of which is connected to a winding-drum or Windlass 19, arranged at the upper forward end of the balingchamber. The drum 19 is journaled in the upper ends of the forward standards 7 and is provided with the usual operating handle or crank 19.

2O denotes a link or bar, one end of which a is connected by a pivot 1 1 to a lug or projection 14 of the plungerand the opposite end of which is connected by a pivot 14 to the operating-lever. The said link 20 is U- shaped, and the operating-lever is pivoted between the sides thereof near the doubled or looped portion 17, so that the said portion forms a stop, which by engagement with the outer side of the operating-lever serves to stop the latter when it reaches-theposition indicated by-the drawings. The ends of the pivot 14 are respectively engaged with openings in the opposite sides or arms-of the said U-shaped link, and the latter serves to relieve said pivot of unequal side stress, as will be understood. 1

In operation the hay or other material to be pressed is thrown into the hopper and from thence falls into the 'baling-chamber. The

' the top of the baling-chamber.

Windlass is now operated to wind up the rope,

which draws upon the operating-lever and forces the plunger in, thereby compressing the hay into a compact bale, when it is tied in the usual manner. The door 8 is now opened and the completed bale pushed out, after which the door is closed and fastened and the plunger is withdrawn from the balingchamber and the parts are again in position to form another bale.

It will be observed that the standards 7 not only form corner-posts for the feeding end of the baling-chamber and connect same with the beams, sills, or runners 2, but are braced and connected both at front and rear to said sills or runners by the divergent braces 7 and support the Windlass 19 in the plane of This not only insures the transmission of the strain of operation low down upon the frame, but causes an equable distribution of the same to the sills and baling-chamber and avoids that high straining leverage on the frame of the chamber which would be produced were the windlass supported on standards connected to and projecting above said chamber. Also it will be observed that the resistance of the lever 17 to inward movement toward the balingchamber causes a pulling strain in the action of the Windlass on the frame and balingchamber in a forward direction or in a direction reverse to the movement of said lever, While the pushing strain of the plunger 14: is reverse to the pulling strain of the Windlass. This causes a counteraction of the strain, which is the more effective because of the described location of the Windlass, whereby the reverse racking actions upon the frame and baling-ehamber are equalized and the construction rendered much more durable, as will be readily understood.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the construction and operation of the inven tion will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A hay-press comprising a frame, a balingchamber thereon having a door at one end and a feed-hopper at the opposite end, on its upper side, a reciprocating plunger, an opcrating-lever, a wimling-drum and cord to operate the said lever, and a U-shaped link having its arms pivoted at one end to the plunger, the operating-lever being pivotally mounted between the arms of the said link at the looped or doubled portion thereof, said looped or doubled portion of the link being engaged by the lever when the latter is moved outwardly and acting as a stop to limit the outward movement of the lever, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing \vitnesses.

JAMES \V. LINDSA Y. W ORLIGY LIN DSAY.

Vitnesses:

S. R. Carrorunns, R. (.1. LIPTON. 

